An analysis of the influence of question design on learners’ approaches to number pattern generalisation tasks

This paper reports on a study of the extent to which question design affects the solution strategies adopted by children when solving linear number pattern generalisation tasks presented in pictorial and numeric contexts. The research tool comprised a series of 22 pencil-and-paper exercises based on...

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Main Authors: Duncan Samson, Marc Schäfer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AOSIS 2007-10-01
Series:Pythagoras
Online Access:https://pythagoras.org.za/index.php/pythagoras/article/view/79